I was lucky to be able to knock off at 4.30pm.  Since I was early and the Husb was on leave, he picked me up and we had an early cuppa at TCC City Link before the highlight of the day started.

 

My colleague came over to my place for a small baking session.  We made curry puffs and "lemon bread man".  The puffs turned out wonderfully crisp and fragrant but the biscuits were kinda hard :(

6 Dec 09

Very displeased with the turnout of the cookies the day before, I attempted a lemon butter cake myself so that I can have something decent to share with my colleagues on Monday.  Thank goodness it turned out very well and all the 10 pieces I brought today was snapped up in no time!
 

After lunch, I went shop-space hunting with the Husb.  We checked out a few yesterday and even some after work today.  It's a big big big decision that we have to make and we certainly need to carefully review each choice after viewing all of them.

8 Dec 09

Meeting my dearest kakis to discuss our grand plans (Yes, its not only my Husb who has a grand plan.  I have one myself too.... hehe).  Stay tuned for more updates.
 

11 - 15 Dec 09

Hong Kong here we come!!! And the super good news is, the Husb is able to join us now!  However, he's gonna take MAS directly from Sg while my sis and myself will fly to KL to meet my SIL first.  Hotel wise, Novotel is full for the whole weekend and he had no choice but to book a deluxe room at the Eaton Hotel next door.

New sofa arriving!  Hurray!

Addendum - 17 Dec 09

Dinner at Umami Liang Court with colleagues.  Our other halves are included too!

18 Dec 09

After 2 days at work, I'm back on leave again.  This day is specially set aside for a cosy little baking session with Stacy and Ivy.  I really hope Ivy can join us!

19 Dec 09

Gathering time!

23 Dec 09

Driving back to Melaka.

24 Dec 09

Attending Shien Wei's X'mas party in Melaka.  Looking forward to meeting the whole jing gang of SFI dudes, their wives and kids!

28 Dec 09

Back to Sg and ready to start off the New Year!

After 3 days on the Royal Caribbean cruise, I can say its quite a different experience from Star Cruises.


The service is definitely much better and more personalised.  The chambermaid can even remember my name (I never told her who I am) and addressed me personally whenever she comes to my room.  There was once, I just came back to see her checking my room.  I walked in while she made her way out.  Someone suddenly stopped her at the door and asked her something.  She forgot to close the door and I was actually very disturbed by the noise and chased her out.  Much to my surprise, she came a knockin' at my door shortly after to apologise for her mistake! On Sat, after she made my room, she used 2 towels to fold them into a little doggy and placed it on my Sis's bed.  We were so pleasantly surprised to see it when we were back.


Then comes the restaurant staff.  There's a Captain who will always come to our table during dinner and chat with us, ask if we need anything, and basically make friends with us.  My MIL kept calling him "my godson".... hahaha! And at each table in the Romeo & Juliet dining hall (not the buffet Windjammer Cafe), the name of the waiter taking care of the area is placed on each table.  This gives the waiter a greater sense of responsibility towards his charges.


Food wise, the quality is good too. Its the first time I've seen a sugar free dessert in the daily buffet and formal lunch and dining menu, just like most restaurants in US.


Visited 4 places which I did not visit when I was there last October:

I've already made 5 sachets like these as Xmas gifts for my colleagues. 

Each of them effuses a strong but soothing lavender fragrance from the dried flowers I filled up in the sachets under the crocheted cover.

Haha, I hope the scent wouldn't entice them into slumberland in the office

 

I was invited to my TJC classmate Bert's wedding dinner at Marina Mandarin.  Eventhough we had already left college for 13 years, its very heartwarming to see more than half of us turning up.

Our class can easily impress the pants off our teachers now.  We weren't the brightest bunch around then, but we have evolved.  We now count a lawyer and 1 PHD and 1 post PHD among our litter.

The Husb was supposed to attend the dinner with me, but because he was down with a cold, I was there alone.  I asked one of the guys to send me home and well, this planted the seed of disaster for the weeks to come....

Fri, 20 Nov - Sealed with A Kiss

The Husb drove me to his clinic for the drama of the week.  To remove the ripped out nail and stitch up the wound.  Yes, it was so deep that it needed stitches!

Ironically, the whole procedure was painless.  The painful part was actually the anaesthesia jab. Thank goodness the Husb thought there was no need to remove the whole nail. If not, I would have screamed the whole roof down. 

Since part of the nail was still intact, the pain wasn't too bad after the anaesthesia wore off.  I was even well enough to attend the Victor Victoria musical.  Thank goodness!


Sat, 21 Nov 09

When I was first injured, I was worried if I could attend Christine's wedding or not. But well, since I could make it to and fro the Esplanade in one piece, there was no excuse I should not go, especially when I had given her my word of attendance earlier. 
 

My pics arent great but our smiles still shone through the blurriness.  We had a great time savouring the sumptious and unique food, enjoying the personalised slideshows and catching up with one another.  Till we meet again soon!

Mon 23 Nov

There's still no end in sight for my daily "mushroom pruning".  I still have to diligently dress my wound till the Husb decides its good enough to take out the stitches.

That means I can't go swimming on my cruise this Fri .....

I received a very pleasant surprise in the mail last night.  A package from UK!

Last Wed, on 28th Oct, I ordered two 2010 calendars online from Vistaprint.co.uk. Since I was a new member, both the items were free (or so they claim), but I had to pay for shipping separately.  As its not an urgent order, I opted for super slow snail mail of 21 days.

You can imagine how delighted I was when I received it in less than a week (in 5 days to be exact).  Now, this is "delighting and exceeding customers' expectations" true to the very last word!

I think I should be able to get the other one within this few days too!